Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.


 trip east.
 J. W. MeGowan went out to-day, to meet his wife.
 Henry Spaulding, the Agua Fria rancher, is in town.
 The Live Stock Sanitary Commiss sion Was In session to-day
 Supervisor Behan came in from his Williamson valley ranch last evening.
 It l. about time that candidates for city offices should announce themselves.
 Masonic lodge meets tonight. Work in the third degree. Allmaster masons invited
 E. W. Wells received six barrels fo apples, to-day, from the orchards of Ne braska
 Mrs l.. Wollenberg and her children returned, this afternoon. from Jhelr visit to California.
 The subject of Judge Wright's forth coming lecture will be George D. Prentiss"
 J. S Russell, of Ferguson valley. ad- vertises his stock brand in the JOURNAL MINER, to-day.
 Fred. Gaines was excused from grand jury service until Monday, and left for home this afternoon.
 The balance of the machinery for the Clarence Ruby mine has been shipped out by Nathan Ellis
 Douglas Gray came in from his mine last night, and tripped the flight fantas- tic" at the Bellevue.
 Hon. Levi Bashford announces that under no circumstances will he be candidate for mayor.
 Frank Duiiee has sold a one half in- teres st in the Diamond mine, Walker district, to Gus Linburg, for $l l,o00.
 Parties having claims for loss ny In dian depredations are directed to the card. in this issue, of Probate Judge O'NeiH.
 Out of forty teachers employed in this county, it Is stated that, not over one half have other than temporary certificates
 Judge Wright will deliver the first of a scgi,.- of lectures for the benefit of the Baptist church, about the 18th of the present month.
 Mss Fife Jones. very bright. intel ligcn; lpiy, engaged in teaching school m Big Chino valley, was on visit to Prescott to-day
 Citizens of Williams have petitioned to have go road district established be- tween 'here and Spring valley, a dis isnc, oi sixteen and a half miles.
 T N Bosgs, the Big Bug miner, is m town. Mir Boggs expects to com mence shipping ore again as soon as the road. become in condition to do so.
 C. VI. strauss superintendent of puh- lie instruction, k sending circulars the territory to teachers, them to have their pupils write con, positions descriptive of their localities hese will be bound and -,nt to the Interior department at Was shiugton.
 We are pleased to learn tha' Mrs w. ' l-h..1''- condition is -, tiv i'm proved to-day. She has ben lowering between lie and death for the 'ast two lays, and the attending physicians had put lit,le hopes of her recovery.
 An effort k already being made on he part oi Ed Lows attorneys to se- .ure a par lon for him. A strong protest against 1t will be made by District At .arnev H.rudon, and a remonstrance aa- drawn up this afternoon and Is re- ewing the signatures of a great many people. who think that the sentence was a very light one
 The following local orators have been invited to dcliycr lecture. each, du- rim. tne winter, and most of them have iccepted Judge II Wright, Judge sumner Howard. Col L.. F Eggers, E. NJ Sauferd, E-q., and J C. Herndon, E.q. Judge Hawkins i- also in cores pon !ence with an eastern lecture bu- -eau. in the hopes of securing few lecturers to top over here while en route across the continent
 Our contemporary takes issue with the growler, about imperfect posta! ia- tihiies. and says that the postal iacill- ties afforded by the present administra- ton. to he people of Arizona, are better than they were here under Abraham Ilncuin's administration As this ar runient is un6nswerahle, We w,l not at tempt 1t except to quote an old-timer, who remarked Co us, that the mail fa- cihties oi Lincoln's day, in Arizona, were better than they were in Andrew Jackson'- time.
 A more pleasant social gathering, than the one which assembled last eve :. hing. at the Bellevue hotel, could not be found. Dancing commenced at an early hour to muse furnished b: Pro- fessors Thomas. Merz and Hopfengard- n,r. aaI vt- kept up until an early hour thi> morning. A supper, such as oniy ;fe c-;crrrs oi the Bellevue furnish, MS spread at midnight, and the eve ming passed oil pleasantly throughout. The Ivy Clab members talk of giving iortnigh;ly parties in the future at the B lllcvue.
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